Letter Signed Agili Written to Chief John Ross, September 22, 1837
Item — Folder: 246
Identifier: 4026.470
Description
Letter signed Agili written to Chief John Ross in Washington City. (Written in Cherokee Syllabary) One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 246
Dates
- September 22, 1837
Creator
- Stevens (Artist, Person)
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Medium
ink on paper, wax
Signed
Signed, "Agili"
Mark(s)
Wax seal
Dimensions
Overall: 10 3/4 × 8 1/4 in. (27.3 × 21 cm)
- Agili
- Agili
- Cherokee
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Cherokee Letters
- Cherokee Names
- Cherokee Names
- Cherokee Syllabary
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Letter
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Ross, John, Chief, 1790 - 1866 (Recipient)
- Washington
- archives -- archive
- chief (tribal leader)
- disoyalv
- letters (correspondence) -- letter
- sami -- Solomon
- syllabaries -- syllabary
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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